Random musings on cricket

The champions trophy is underway and here are the way things have gone in Group B. The best team (WI) beats the two second best teams (Ind and Aus). The two second best teams beat the worst team (Eng, which is why they are at the bottom, and hence labeled "worst") . And now the worst team beats the best team. Disregarding the outcome of the Ind-Aus encounter, the end result is that WI would most likely end up at the top of the table and Eng end at the bottom of the table. The irony of the whole seeding system is that the team at the bottom of the table has beaten the one at the top. So, all in all, although all teams are consistent at times (in terms of winning and losing) and inconsistent otherwise, cricket as a whole is always random and unpredictable. Surprisingly, that is the precise element which draws hoards of people to cricket matches.

All games underlie the basic property of nature - The randomness prevalent within itself, which cannot be logically comprehended by the human mind.